Amritpal crackdown: Rifle, live cartridges found in abandoned car in Jalandhar

As radical preacher Amritpal Singh continued to be on the run Punjab Police on Sunday came across an abandoned car in Jalandhar district with a rifle and several dozens of live cartridges inside itPolice seized the ammunition and said the blackcoloured multiutility car was most likely part of Amritpals convoy on SaturdayThe same car was also captured a day earlier in a video they saidA rifle 57 live cartridges a sword and a registration number plate were among the articles recovered from the vehicle police saidThe vehicle was found in an abandoned state in Salema village in Jalandhars Shahkot said Jalandhar Rural Senior Superintendent of Police Swarandeep SinghInteracting with reporters on the spot where the vehicle was found Singh said we came to know that an abandoned vehicle had been found in Salema villageThe key of the vehicle was also lying there A private walkie talkie a 315 bore rifle and 57 live cartridges were found he saidThe Punjab government on Saturday launched a major crackdown against Amritpal arresting 78 members of an outfit headed by him officials saidAlso Read Amritpal Singh crackdown Strict vigil at HPPunjab bordersThe preacher himself however gave the police a slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar districtOn Saturday police had said it had launched a massive statewide cordon and search operations CASO in the state against elements of the Waris Punjab De WPD headed by Amritpal against whom several criminal cases have been registeredA police spokesperson said that the WPD elements are involved in four criminal cases relating to spreading disharmony among classes attempt to murder attack on police personnel and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of duties of public servantsAn FIR on February 24 was registered against WPD elements in connection with the attack on Ajnala Police StationLast month Amritpal and his supporters some of them brandishing swords and guns broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala Police Station in the outskirts of the Amritsar city clashing with police for the release of one of Amritpals aideDubaireturned Amritpal Singh was last year anointed the head of Waris Punjab De which was founded by actor and activist Deep Sidhu who died in a road accident in February last yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever